WHAT YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR
Reporting:
- Record to report responsibilities including Reconciliations, Month End Close, Statutory & Financial Reporting, Management reporting and ensuring data integrity.
- Monitoring performance and sensitivities monthly across all financial statement lines including variance analysis between actuals, budget, forecast, and prior year by Market.
- Prepare annual financial reports in line with IFRS and local statutory regulations.
- Drive Financial Planning & Analysis consolidation for export markets.
Financial accounting:
- Key point of contact for Finance Shared Services Centre, ensuring service delivery as agreed and championing improvements in finance processes to ensure delivery of information is on-time in full (OTIF).
- On-site support to employees regarding invoices, POs and other ad hoc requests, support with Overhead accruals.
- Overall responsibility for general ledger management and reconciliations.
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of financial transactions in the relevant accounting system
Cost Control:
- Perform variance analysis to assess the impact of proposed strategies on business results and provide insights to support informed business decisions and sustainability agenda.
- Undertake pre and post implementation reviews of all major projects, and timely cascade of learning opportunities.
- Ensure Cost Centers are up to date by proactively leading journals, recharges of intercompany costs, employment cost reclassifications, GL changes.
- Proactively seek and identify cost saving and efficiency opportunities.
Tax Management
- Ensure Company transactions and dealings are in alignment with the existing tax laws and regulations for respective countries.
- Ensure complete, accurate & timely tax computations and returns, including liaison with Tax manager and external tax consultants where relevant.
- Support the tax team during tax audits and resolve issues arising in consultation with the tax manager.
- Ensure that tax risks are addressed to ensure minimal risk to the company.
Company liquidation
- Cross-functional project lead to ensure successful closure of all relevant dormant entities in line with relevant statutory requirements.
Business Enablers
- Support commercial functions by providing timely information to improve business efficiencies.
- Ensure control environment is improved (Drive the zero-tolerance message for fraud, achievement of audit actions on time).
- Adhere to Record Management policies.
- Implement control procedures and recommendations from audits on time in full to ensure a robust internal control environment.
- Drive a continuous improvement culture including applications of analytics, simplification, and automation, resulting in improvement to financial results and contribute to the business
- Management the relationship between the company and other external collaborators to ensure timely closure of Audits.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE
Experience Required
- Minimum of 4 years Finance/Accounting experience preferably in a multinational environment
Technical / Functional / Leadership Skills Required
- Rational decision making, analytical and systematic problem-solving skills with an eye for details is essential
- Ability to work under pressure and keep to tight deadlines.
- Understanding and awareness of other business functions and their collaboration with Finance
- Effective negotiation, influencing, communication and presentation skills.
- Experience dealing with external collaborators.
- Experience in analysis & planning and execution, performance measurements, project evaluation and finance foresight.
- Project management skills
- Proficiency in Excel and Power Point
- Business English proficiency
Education / Qualifications / Certifications Required
- Professional accountancy qualification (such as ACCA, CPA), a relevant university degree and sound knowledge of accounting principles & interpretation of local tax laws
BENEFICIAL
- Solid understanding of SAP, BPC and Power BI is an added advantage.
WE ARE BAT
At BAT we are committed to our Purpose of creating A Better Tomorrow. This is what drives our people and our passion for innovation. See what is possible for you at BAT.
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- Brands sold in over 200 markets, made in 44 factories in 42 countries
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